The Washington and Lee University Roger Mudd Center for Ethics is presenting the Leadership Lab, a new series that seeks to generate and support thoughtful discussion about ethical leadership across professions within a globalized world.
The public lecture series will bring to W&L distinguished speakers from various disciplinary and professional backgrounds to shape a community discussion about ethical leadership.
“We were asking how the Mudd Center might meet this particular national and international moment where questions of leadership, ethics and social responsibility are at the fore,” said Melissa Kerin, the director of the Mudd Center. “The Mudd Center wanted to offer a space that could serve as a veritable touchstone of ethical leadership practices and models.”
The series kicks off at 11:30 a.m. today, May 7, in Leyburn Library 128, with an inaugural talk by former W&L president Kenneth Ruscio, titled “Reflections on Ethical Leadership in Contemporary Times.”
Registration is required, and lunch will be served at 11:30, followed by Ruscio’s lecture.
Drawing from the practice and study of leadership across democracies, Ruscio will explore how humility and trust distinguish true leadership from the mere use of power and how these qualities are informed and sustained by notions of the collective good.
Ruscio served as president of Washington and Lee University from 2006 to 2016.
For more information and registration details, visit the series webpage: https://wlu.edu/ mudd-center/leadership-lab.
